62 Facts About Adrian Beltre

Adrian Beltre Perez was born on April 7,1979 and is a Dominican former professional baseball third baseman.

Adrian Beltre is regarded as one of the greatest third basemen of all time.

Originally signed as an amateur free agent, Adrian Beltre made his Major League Baseball debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1998 at age 19.

Adrian Beltre hit a major league-leading 48 home runs while playing for the Dodgers in 2004, was the team MVP of the Red Sox in 2010, played in the 2011 World Series as a member of the Rangers, and tied for the major league lead in hits in 2013.

Adrian Beltre retired following the 2018 season with 3,166 career hits, 477 home runs, and 1,707 runs batted in.

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Adrian Beltre played in four MLB All-Star Games and won the Silver Slugger Award four times.

Adrian Beltre retired as the all-time leader amongst third basemen in career hits and RBIs, and ranked third in home runs amongst third basemen.

Adrian Beltre is the fifth major-leaguer to have hit at least 100 home runs for three different teams.

Adrian Beltre was born on April 7,1979 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Adrian Beltre was a highly touted prospect when he began his major league career.

Adrian Beltre hit his first home run six days later against Texas Rangers starter Rick Helling.

Boras then realized that his date of birth in the Dodgers' records was incorrect and indicated the same to the team, but, that if they were to correct the mistake by compensating Adrian Beltre for signing him at younger than MLB's allowable age, they would no longer pursue the issue.

In 2004, Adrian Beltre had a breakout season in which he established a number of career highs, including leading MLB with 48 home runs.

Adrian Beltre finished second in voting for the NL Most Valuable Player Award and was honored with his first career Silver Slugger Award and the Babe Ruth Home Run Award.

On July 23,2006, against the Boston Red Sox, Adrian Beltre hit an inside-the-park home run, the first one ever in Safeco Field history.

Adrian Beltre was honored with a Fielding Bible Award for being the top MLB defensive third baseman during the year.

Adrian Beltre tied with Brandon Inge for the AL lead in errors by a third baseman, with 18, but ranked second in the league in assists, total chances, and range factor.

Adrian Beltre was charged with the lowest fielding percentage of all third basemen in the league at.

In spite of leading third basemen in errors, Adrian Beltre was selected for his first Rawlings Gold Glove Award, becoming the first Mariners third baseman to win the award.

On September 1,2008, Adrian Beltre hit for the cycle, at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, becoming the fourth Mariner to do so.

Adrian Beltre won his second Fielding Bible Award for his defense that year.

On January 7,2010, Adrian Beltre signed a one-year, $9 million deal with the Boston Red Sox.

Adrian Beltre led the Red Sox in batting average and tied David Ortiz for the team lead in RBIs.

Adrian Beltre finished the year with 189 hits in 589 at-bats and 84 runs scored.

Adrian Beltre had two stolen bases on the year, and finished ninth in the MVP voting.

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On January 5,2011, Adrian Beltre signed a five-year, $80 million contract with the Texas Rangers.

Adrian Beltre played with the Rangers for eight years until his retirement from baseball in 2018.

On October 4,2011, in Game 4 of the ALDS against the Tampa Bay Rays, Adrian Beltre became the sixth player—the first in a Division Series—to hit three home runs in a Major League playoff game.

Adrian Beltre added a fourth playoff home run in Game 5 of the 2011 World Series when he went down to one knee chasing an outside curve ball from Chris Carpenter.

Adrian Beltre joined teammates Josh Hamilton and Mike Napoli on the All-Star team.

Adrian Beltre joined Pablo Sandoval, Albert Pujols, George Brett, Reggie Jackson and Babe Ruth as the only players to hit a three-homer game in both the regular season and the postseason.

Adrian Beltre joined Joe DiMaggio as the only two players in big league history to have a three-homer game and a cycle in the same week.

Adrian Beltre won his second consecutive Fielding Bible Award and fourth overall.

Adrian Beltre hit safely in all six games with two or more hits four times.

Adrian Beltre tied for the major league lead with both Alfonso Soriano, in home runs, and Torii Hunter, in total bases.

Adrian Beltre led the American League with 199 hits and was fourth in batting average and fifth in total bases.

Adrian Beltre made the top-10 in games played, slugging percentage and home runs.

On May 7,2014, while facing Jorge de la Rosa of the Colorado Rockies, Adrian Beltre hit his 100th home run as a member of the Rangers, becoming only the fifth player in Major League history to hit 100 home runs with three teams.

Adrian Beltre joined Darrell Evans, Reggie Jackson, Alex Rodriguez, and Jim Thome.

On June 24,2014, Adrian Beltre singled off Drew Smyly of the Detroit Tigers for his 2,500th career hit, and the first hit of a 4-for-4 game.

Adrian Beltre became the 52nd player in MLB history to reach that plateau, and the fourth to do so while playing at least 75 percent of his games at third base.

Adrian Beltre became the first Rangers player to hit for multiple cycles.

Adrian Beltre had contributed significantly to humanitarian acts in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex such as Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation, Texas Rangers RBI program, the I Love Baseball program, which operates in the Dominican Republic, the Baseball Tomorrow Fund, as well as the foundations established by a number of major league players.

Adrian Beltre finished the season with 18 home runs, 83 RBI, 163 hits, and.

On July 2,2016, Adrian Beltre became the 28th player all time to amass 10,000 career at-bats.

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Adrian Beltre reached 100 RBI for the first time since 2012, and the fifth time in his career.

Adrian Beltre was selected as the American League Gold Glove winner at third base, the fifth of his career.

Adrian Beltre began the 2017 season on the 10-day disabled list; he had injured his right leg near the end of spring training.

Adrian Beltre responded by picking up the edge of the logo that marked the on-deck circle and moving it closer to where he had been standing, which prompted Davis to eject him.

Adrian Beltre collected his 3,000th hit with a double into left field against Wade Miley of the Baltimore Orioles on July 30,2017, making him the 31st player to reach this milestone and the first Dominican born player to accomplish it.

Adrian Beltre played in only 94 games in 2017 due to hamstring and calf problems.

On June 13,2018, Adrian Beltre hit a double that gave him 3,090 career hits; this made him the all-time leader in hits by a player not born in the United States.

Adrian Beltre is regarded as one of the greatest third basemen of all time.

Rangers manager Ron Washington opined that Adrian Beltre fielded ground balls incorrectly by stopping before catching the ball and relying very little on the positioning of his feet in throwing the ball to first base.

Adrian Beltre explained that his arm was so strong that early in his career he was making many throwing errors; by planting his feet, he was able to improve his accuracy despite his lack of proper foot positioning.

Adrian Beltre is known for the joy and the sense of playfulness that he exhibited on the field.

Adrian Beltre had a routine with Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus on pop flies where both men put their arms up to catch the ball.

Adrian Beltre is known for his dislike of anyone touching the top of his head.

Still, Rougned Odor trotted to Adrian Beltre carrying a bucket filled with Gatorade, and in his attempt to drench Adrian Beltre, missed him with the launch of the column of the liquid.

Adrian Beltre has contributed to humanitarian activities in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex such as the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation, Texas Rangers RBI program, the I Love Baseball program, which operates in the Dominican Republic, and the Baseball Tomorrow Fund.

Adrian Beltre has donated to Dave Valle's Esperanza International as well as foundations established by other major-league players, including Robinson Chirinos, Eddie Guardado, Joakim Soria and Michael Young.

Adrian Beltre is married to his wife, Sandra, and has three children.